- Date
- October 17, 1970
- Place
- Watkins, CO · WATKINS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8056FCessna 150F
- Status
- Completed · report July 8, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 132431
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3890 70/10/17 WATKINS,COLO CESSNA 150F CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 149 TIME - 0941 N8056F PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 92 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKYLINE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATKINS,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- HIT TREE ABOUT 40 FT AGL ON OWN RANCH. WIFE AND GRANDFATHER SAW ACCDT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8056F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Skyline
N8056FRegistration cancelled Dec 13, 2018 · Cessna 150FAirframe modelCessna 150FEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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Other investigations on N8056F · 1
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